Outlining device



Oct. 12 1926.. A

Jl E. MCDADE OUTLINING DEVICE Filed Fe. 5, 192e ngz ' 12 15 f uw 15 am? Se wm f 6 v '7 Thewesflzrn Semer- Y M R E L 0 w., T m m r r A 1254.567 M B 2 .W 1.23456789w .r 4. 2/ oPqrnat u 5 MJ .r .T h t...J.K.L Q ab Cd e dicating the theme of the reading matter as a whole, the most aptly applicable of which theme cards is to be placed in position upon the space 17 of thecard 10. Upon the opposite faces of the cards 16, or upon the faces of other cards 16, I provide outline notes of a type suitable for indicating the subject matter of paragraphs such as paragraphs 11, 12 and 13, the particular cards properly applicable, as distinguished from those relating to only gen- 'erallv similar' sub`ect matter Yto be selected and placed in proper sequence opposite the particular' paragraphs or parts of paragraphs to which they relate, a plurality of spaces 18 being defined for the reception of the cards upon the card 10, as indicated in Fig. 1. Y'

Any form of reading` matter may be employed such for example as the following three paragraphs,- l

Let us try to picture to ourselves a home in this western wilderness. After the settler had reached his destination and had purchased a tract of land or had taken possession 'of it without purchase, as was often the ease, he proceeded to build his home. lle cut the trees away from a small piece of ground and selected some of the best and r he put his cabin together.

straightest of the timber for his log hut. After getting the logs ready with his ane, he had what was called a raising,- that is, he gathered together a few neighbors, if such could be found` and with their help, rllhe only pay which his helpers received was the prospect of being assisted in a similar way at some future time. rl`he early settlers usually had a jolly time at these raisings and often indulged to excess in strong drink.

Having housed himself and family, the settler was then ready to make preparations for cultivating the soil. rlhe trees around the cabin were killed by girdling, and corn and other vegetables were planted. At a later time when he wished to clear off the land more rapidly he cut down the trees, trimmedv away the limbs', and then chopped up the trunks intov logs of convenient lengths. Some of these logs were split into rails for fences, but most of them were rolled up into piles and burned. `For this purpose the pioneer again called his neighbors together and a jolly log-rolling"7 was the result.

The western settler was usually a strong, self-reliant character, but in some cases he was shiftless and lazy. He sometimes preferred hunting, fishing, or trapping to the more serious business of farming. lle had few opportunities for education1 religious development, or refinement of any kindv although log schoolhouses were constructed here and there atan early time, and the circuit-riding minister soon appeared.

The title cards 14 from which selection above presented may be as follows,-

Building the village.

Exploring the lvVest.

The Western settler'.V

The log rolling.

A home on the prairie.

@f these five titles, all but one can be eliminated as being only partially applicable to the reading matter or as being representative of only a part of the subject matter'. The title The western settler is seento be aptly applicable and representa-A tive. 'f

VTheme cards might be used as follows,-

rihe adventures of anexplorer seeking to find new lands, and bring back a description of them.

How houses were built in the early days on the open prairies of the llrest.

A description of the making of a home in the forest wilderness of the `West How the early settlers began the building of a small village inthe far `West-` v Of these Vfour theme cards, the third is seen to be the one peculiarly representative of the situation described, and the card bearing such subject matter should accordingly be placed in position uponV the space 17. p j

For the outlining of the three paragraphs of the subject matter, the following are presented as being applicable, four cards for each paragraph. F or the first paragraph,-

Building the home:

Obtaining the land. Materials for building. rlie raising. For the second paragraph- Cultivating the soil:

Clearing the land. The first planting. The log rolling. For the third' paragraph,- The settler:

Character of the settler. Work of the settler. Advantagesof thel settler. l rOther cards not so fully applicable as those above set forth' but applicable to more or less closely related subject matter, or applicable to situations of the same general" type with respect to features not included. in the reading matter, might be provided as followsfy l Planting potatoes.

How fishing was done.

Animals in the forest.

How the children helped.

rlhc kinds of trees.

rlhe first bridges.

Danger from indians.

Going down the river.

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f ing matter, with -nuineral fbywliic'liit 'is designated. vthe*device above described,v some 'of the notes `are to bei :aptly applica le and vvtlie` by: the pupil.

'of Eigs. 1, 2 Whether or 'not the Work Ais ioafiyatf ClothiiigZ-otthe settler; y Y y 'lheiinportance-:oi lifle. `VV l 1* L Resourcefulness of the settler. Proyision'sior the winter;v v'i -Inasin-uch as all of tli'e cairds S116 erably to heeft the sainey size, color .and ether conditions, it will `loe..appreciated that the Atio-nsa-nd the y'selectionfoi the properly yapplicable notation isi-almost asgreat as would Vbe the .case lil"additional notations Where pupil niust study the.reading.niattei1 fearefully 'in order to en'able'liiinlby elimination and selectionfto Yapplyt'he eaiiclsjpr'operlyf uponthe 'spaces lf, 17 and lf3.

In 'theorin ot-device' as shown in Fig. i

vaxsingle card 359V :contains :the yentire' conibina-tion `oft features coin arisifnfe ktvv-o .nara- "graphs 2O and 210i a'lsto-ry orothierread'- squares 22 provided .opy posite *the place torfitlie title landat various other ooints -oeosite fthe-readme ina-tter.' 1'

Below thestoiy, inthe Tforni illustrated, a

`plurality ol-itenis l'or notes injouftlinej forni are provided, each with -alreierence .2a-sin others are yto Vbe;"suseeptilble"oli ydifferentiapupi'l isV to select the proper itenisandV wj'i'frite into the squares 22 the 'correspending nuing erals.-AV

In tl-ie torni oli device a-'slshown i-ii Figs." 5 and' f6', a card 2'4Llisvprovi'ded With read-ing` matter -coinprisingthr-ee v'paragraphs '25,

and 27, ywith Ynotations :28 y-ifn outline/forni at thegbottorn'fof the card, eacfli designated. by a referenceletten -The 'several lines foi* the 'reading ina'tt'er are ailso designatedby reference nuinerals in order.

itenis ifrom the list aft ithe l page' and indicates on a separatecard his selection of the outline notes applicable.

ln the use of the device Vof Fig-s; l', 2 and 3, the cards `representing thejfseveral cuit-- rline notes -can be handled vand sortedgtor facilitating the elimination 'jot 'the iiiap-f` plicable iteins. Moreover, 'two cards 'bearing ynotations siindar Vcan be placed-side by -si'de 'orclose study vand comparison for tinal deterii-iinaf-` applicable Tand f In the vuse ofthe ,torin tion as 'to which -is properly which .is'not sli-erin Fig;

@and in Figs. "5 ali-ido, is

presence ci? tion determine the degree oftn success atta-ined 'On Jolie-other hand fthe instructor can by pleted "Work4 in connection v"with the Pdevice h l l y correct.V case'the reading lmatt rrisfof considerable :length'so -asito inyolve `theuse of "a in his ineinoiy,-such as history,

of c the prepared outline,

the use `otthefdevice, a pupil Vselects theproper bottoni oli-fthe Whielli are .Y apparently very` fan inspection of the coin` and 3 tell `alinost vat a 'glance 1 pllicalle to portion of the readinginatter.v ln such a case, the 'beneii-t to be derived by the pupil 1 i'roin his'lconsideration yot the several nota- Y provided. In any event, the notations a`pplicab-le to one portion of the yreading mat-fv which they do lnot apply.

While viny invention is' larly for the teaching of reading, idea of teaching the pupil howto .analyze as hereadsandHof .establishing thevliabit of designed particu-` with vthe analytical reading, I' Wish to have it .under-g` ,stood that l do not -desireto lbe liiriitedjtvitli j respectlto? the nature of the `reading matter. My invention may be practiced in connec-r tion with re ading niatter of the typev set jortli, Whei'ethe. principal .advantage -to' bee"l tion from the `sub3ect ina-ttor 5by Asoine ifea` y ture or another. In the Ause-oi? the device, the- Vgained lies in jthe training, or it mayl be practiced in connection vWith reading reat-l ter vof such a nature .that-"it ris desirable @to have lthepupiil retain the'facts theniselves.

Bythe use of the .deviceas shown in Fics.

yl, f2 and 8, the pupil has practice in t e tlie outline and also becomes the appearance and `theusel inasmuch as `fthe several cards When placed have theusual formalv outline arrangement. This is oi particular importance :for youngpupiljs Vsvlio are'l just learning `methods loi studyaifid acquiringihabits of memorization. f In the'forxin of device :as .shown in 4L aaii'df', the notations ina'yl be arranged alphabetically or i .iii any other arbitrary manner' which icoinprises ,an indiscriminate arrangement to the extent thatiitwdoes not indicate Ito fthe user .the yord/ea in vwhich the notations .areto be' applied. v

I -olaiiiiz-A preparation of accustomed to ltO l. In a'n ioutliningl devieafthe combination v of apiece or" .reading/matter, outline notes applicablel y y reading :inatter7 and yotheroutline notes apcorrectly to' Aa portion *of `sai'di plicable jto analogous subject inatteigthe) several notes*'beingiaijranged indiscriminate# ly` -Where'by Vthe-user is. able only Joya-zonv sideration kof the subject'-inatter to niake prner lselection/voi the notes lapplicable `to 'i any par-ticularupartoi-saidreading matter:`

' '2. In anloii't liningdevice, thercornbin'ation Oia piece otreadi'ng matter, a` set `of out- Y' ject matter',

notes l.oisaid two sets being-arranged indisf. i crirnifi-i'atelywhereby yithe' user is-ableonlyvline :notes `:applica'ble correctly to saidv `sub` land aisetoli outline` notes fap'- j Y. -analogous subject matter, :theaV or the' like'. I

by consideration of the subject matter to make proper selection of the notes applicable to said reading matter.

3. In an outlining device, the combination of a piece of reading matter, a plurality of outline notes referring correctly to said subject matter, a plurality of similarly arranged notes referred to analogous subject matter, and means arranged for the application of said notes to said reading mat-ter.

4. In an outlining device, the combination of a piece of reading matter, a plurality` of outline notes referring correctly to said subject matter, a plurality of similarly arranged notes referring to analogous subject matter, and means for designating in connection with the` piece of reading' matter the applicability of the notes thereto.

5. In an outlining device, the combination of a piece of readingniatter, a plurality of outline notes referring correctly to saidsubject matter, a plurality of similarly arranged notes referring to analogous subject matter, and means for designating the applicability of certain of the notes to certain dcnite portions of the reading matter.

6. In an outliningdevice, the combination of a page'containing a piece of reading matter, a plurality of outline notes referring correctly to said subject matter, a

plurality of similarly arranged notes referring to vanalogous subject matter, and means on the card opposite the subject matter at a plurality of points ther'ealong for designating the applicability of the notes thereto.

7. In an outliningdevice, the combination of alpage containing a piece of reading matter, a plurality of outline notes on said page referring correctly to said subject mattei, a plurality of similarly arranged notes referring to analogous subject matter and mixed indiscriminately with the applicable rotes, and means for designating the several notes and for indicating their applicability Vto the reading matter.

8. In an outlining device, the combination of a page containing-a piece of reading matter, a plurality of outline notes on said page referring correctly to said subject matter, a plurality of similarly arranged notes referring to analogous subject matter Yand mixed indiscriminately With the applicable notes, means on the page opposite the several notesfor designating such notes, and means for indicating the. applicability of v the notes to thereading matter.

9.V In an outlining device, the combination of a page containing a piece 'of reading matter, a plurality of outline notes on jsaid page referring correctly to said subject matter, a plurality of similarly arranged notes referring to kanalogous subject matter andmixed indiscriminately Withv the applicable notes, means on the page opposite the several notes for designating such notes,

and means on the page for indicating the applicability ofthe notes to the reading matter.

l0. In an outlining device, the combination of a page containing a piece of reading matter, a plurality of outline notes on said page referring correctly to a portion of said subject matter, a plurality lof similarly arranged notes referring to analogous subject matter and mixed indiscriminately with ytbe applicable notes, means on the page opposite the several notes for designating suoli notes, and means on the page at a plurality of points opposite the reading matter for indicating ther applicability ofthe notes thereto'. c

vl1. In an outlining device, the combination of a page containing a piece of reading matter, a plurality of outline notes Von said page referring correctly to said subject matter, a pluralityof similarly arranged notes referring to analogous subject mat-ter and mixed indiscriminately With the applicable notes, means for designating the several notes, means on the page at a plurality of points opposite the reading matter for designating the severalpoints, and means for indicating the applicability of the notes j to the reading matter.

l2. In an outlining device, the combination of a page containing a piece of reading matter, a plurality of outlinenoteson said page referring correctly'to a portion of said subject matter, a plurality 'of similarly arranged notes referring to analogous subject matter and mixed indiscriminately with the applicable notes, means for designating the several notes, and means on the page for designating the several lines of the, reading 14. In an outlining device, the combination of a piece of reading matter, Y a plurality of outline notes applicable correctly to said subject matterv and carried respectively by separately formed cards, and a ausj plurality of other outline notes applica-ble to analogous subject matter and carried respectively by other cards similarly arranged so as to be capable of` being mixed With said first named notes. Y.

15. In an outlining device, the combination of -a piece ofreading matter, a plurality of outline notes applicable correctly V"tively by Separately formed Cards, and a plurality of other outline notes applicable to Vanalogous subject matter 'and carried respectively by cards so as to be capable of being mixed With` said first named notes, said cards having similarly arrangedaees whereby thel user is able only by consideration o they subject matter to select and apply the cards properly to said reading matter. f Y v 16.111 an outlining device, the combinapleable tionof a page containing a piece ofl reading 'n matter7 al plurality of outline notes referring correctlyl to said subject matter and arranged on cards," a'plurality of other outline notesy referring to analogous' subject matter and arranged similarly on cards, and spaces marked on .Said page opposite the reading matter for receiving the cardsV 'ap to the oppositely arrangedreading matter. e f v JAMES E, MODADE. 

